Explore every episode of the podcast Law School Admissions Unplugged Podcast: Personal Statements, Application Essays, Scholarships, LSAT Prep, and More…

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Real questions from my livestreams, answered on the spot . GPA, LSAT scores, scholarships and essays, plus whether law school is even worth the money for you.

0:00 LSAT vs GPA: what matters more (Q1)
6:48 What's a good GPA? (Q8)
14:29 Does your major matter? (Q14)
19:16 Low GPA, high LSAT (splitters) (Q18)
28:35 Can a master's fix your GPA? (Q27)
32:04 Addenda, bad grades and red flags (Q31)
40:39 What LSAT score do you need? (Q38)
48:39 Getting into the T14 (Q45)
54:49 Does the school you pick matter? (Q51)
58:26 Scholarships and full rides (Q55)
1:06:09 Negotiating and debt (Q62)
1:16:48 Gap years and starting later (Q68)
1:22:46 When to apply, waitlists, transfers (Q75)
1:28:20 Personal statements, letters, softs (Q82)
1:39:14 GRE, part-time, online, international (Q90)
1:44:42 Law school and life as a lawyer (Q95)


I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

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Your October LSAT score is out, and the clock already started. If you bought Score Preview, you have 6 days to keep or cancel it. If you're retaking, January registration closes December 1 and February registration closes December 29.

This video takes you through every decision in the order it hits you. Keep or cancel first, then what the score is worth in scholarship money, then retake or apply. After that: a low LSAT or GPA, reading and negotiating a scholarship offer, a week-by-week retake plan, and breaking a plateau.

0:00 Your LSAT score is out: the 6-day clock and next test dates
1:06 Part 1 | Keep or cancel your LSAT score (Score Preview)
7:00 Part 2 | What your LSAT score is worth: medians and scholarships
18:09 Part 3 | Should you retake the LSAT or apply now
27:41 Part 4 | Low LSAT or low GPA: the addendum and splitters
34:32 Part 5 | Law school scholarships: read the offer, then negotiate
44:12 Part 6 | Your LSAT retake plan, week by week
49:39 Part 7 | LSAT plateau: why more practice tests won't help

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I've been coaching the LSAT since 2005.

I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

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00:00 WashU: 175 median, severe risk
01:31 The paper
02:59 How rankings got bought
04:55 WashU's numbers
06:39 Texas A&M
08:46 Further down the list
09:36 Ranked 15 to 30
10:10 Shrink, don't close
10:54 The loan caps
12:01 Montana
12:49 What to do

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LSAC is getting rid of the LSAT's experimental section. Starting with the August 2027 test, the unscored questions are mixed inside all 3 sections, and nobody tells you which ones count.

Reading Comp always goes first. Every section gets longer (52 minutes for Reading Comp, 45 for each Logical Reasoning section), and you get 2 breaks. The 77 scored questions, the time per question, and the 120 to 180 scale stay the same.

If you test by June 2027, nothing changes for you. If you test in August 2027 or later, start training for the longer sections now, with the tests you already own. This is the plan I'd follow until LSAC puts new-format practice tests on LawHub in February 2027.

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Chapters
0:00 LSAC is dropping the experimental section
1:09 Opening cold on Reading Comp
6:14 Build the 52-minute set
9:39 First break, first LR section
14:19 Last section and full comparison
19:24 Your test date decides
22:08 Practice you can start tomorrow

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I've covered the government's moves on law school money and the ABA across a string of videos. This puts all of it in one place.

After the admissions files, the Justice Department opened a review of law school scholarships at William & Mary. It says it has reached no conclusions. The 509 reports show full rides were already down 23% from 2021 to 2025. And the ABA dropped its diversity rule, then got a 500-page report recommending it lose its power to accredit law schools anyway.

Accreditation decides whether your school's students get federal loans and whether its grads can sit for the bar in most states. It's also the reason every school publishes the 509 numbers you use to compare them. Schools are getting more careful about anything they can't defend on paper, and your LSAT score is the number they can.

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0:00 The DOJ's second front
0:44 Law school scholarships under federal review
7:40 Full ride scholarships are falling
10:42 The ABA and the diversity rule
13:40 What happens if the ABA loses accreditation
21:15 The 509 report and who publishes it
25:28 Why the LSAT matters more now

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Most people plan 2 months for the LSAT. Starting from scratch, it usually takes 5 or 6. And the plan isn't the only thing that stalls people. So do a few beliefs, like thinking a 170 isn't realistic for you, that more practice tests will fix it, or that you're just not a test taker.

This course is the whole plan, from your first day to test day, plus the 6 beliefs that wreck it. How long to study and how many hours a day, the order to study in, a 60-day plan, a 30-day plan, the last 2 weeks, how to review your misses, timing, test week, and when to pick your date. Each chapter is named for the problem it fixes. Find yours below, or let it run.

Chapters:

0:00 Start here: the whole LSAT study plan, day 1 to test day
1:05 Part 1 | LSAT study schedule: how long, how many hours a day
11:19 Part 2 | LSAT score goals: "That score isn't realistic for me"
16:17 Too old for law school? Why 40 or 50 isn't a barrier
20:08 Studying for the LSAT while working full time
25:50 Part 3 | Why LSAT points matter: "A few points won't change much"
27:44 Why law schools pay for LSAT points
32:35 Part 4 | How to study for the LSAT: the LASER order
40:00 LSAT study week: the daily split and rest days
42:03 Part 5 | 60-day LSAT study plan: one skill at a time
53:34 Part 6 | 30-day LSAT study plan: no full tests until week 4
1:07:59 Part 7 | 2 weeks before the LSAT: what to study
1:15:37 Part 8 | More LSAT practice tests: "I just need more practice tests"
1:18:11 How many hours to study for the LSAT: 10 deep beat 40 scattered
1:21:15 LSAT burnout: the signs, and how to take a week off
1:25:13 Part 9 | LSAT review: Socratic review and the wrong-answer journal
1:30:34 Why you missed an LSAT question: stimulus, stem, or answers
1:32:56 LSAT wrong answer journal: stop just circling misses
1:47:31 Part 10 | Studying for the LSAT alone: "I can figure it out on my own"
1:50:52 LSAT study groups: why they stall your score
1:54:01 Stuck in the 150s or 160s? Why you need outside feedback
1:56:06 Part 11 | LSAT timing: how to stop running out of time
2:09:36 LSAT timing strategy: the first 10 questions in 10 minutes
2:12:22 Part 12 | LSAT test anxiety: "I'm just not a good test taker"
2:14:58 LSAT score dropped? Treat it as data, not a verdict
2:17:27 Why LSAT test-day scores fall below practice scores
2:19:54 LSAT test anxiety: use the adrenaline instead of fighting it
2:23:51 Panic on hard LSAT questions? Flag it and come back
2:29:09 How to get past LSAT test anxiety: close the score gap
2:31:32 LSAT second-guessing: the answer-change audit
2:32:17 Part 13 | LSAT test week: the last 7 days and test day
2:39:19 Part 14 | When to take the LSAT: "I'll decide later"
2:40:53 Does retaking the LSAT hurt you? What schools see
2:43:03 Retake the LSAT or apply now? The scholarship check
2:45:33 Ready for the LSAT? Average your last 5 practice tests

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00:00 One logic mistake
01:06 Sufficient vs necessary
02:04 If vs only if
02:35 The trap answer
03:56 The contrapositive
05:10 Socratic Review
05:47 The whole thing

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Real questions from my livestreams, answered on the spot.

0:00 The 10 questions everyone asks first (Q1)
8:45 When should you start studying? (Q11)
13:31 Low diagnostic score? What it means (Q17)
16:57 Books or a study program? (Q20)
18:23 How long to study (and how much) (Q23)
25:27 How often to take practice tests (Q29)
31:49 Drilling vs. timed sections (Q35)
34:00 Running out of time (Q37)
37:09 How to review wrong answers (Q39)
41:25 Fixing weak Logical Reasoning (Q42)
52:04 Fixing weak Reading Comp (Q51)
1:00:12 The writing sample (Q57)
1:03:22 Test day and rescheduling (Q60)
1:06:21 Getting extra time (accommodations) (Q63)
1:11:14 Stuck on a score plateau (Q69)
1:19:09 What is a good LSAT score? (Q75)
1:24:56 Should you retake or cancel? (Q82)
1:34:43 Can anyone get a 170+? (Q91)
1:37:08 LSAT format and other questions (Q94)

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00:00 The real problem
00:49 The diagnosis
02:07 The 3-part map
03:27 Example: the coastal city
05:02 Socratic Review
06:08 Start to finish

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People ask me every day if they're too old for law school. I've answered it in a lot of videos and lives, and this puts the whole answer in one place.

No, you're not. Admissions committees ask whether you'll pass the bar, finish law school, and use the degree, and an older applicant can often answer all three better than a 22-year-old. An old GPA matters less once you've built a real career. Your letters, resume, and personal statement can carry it.

The real barrier is the LSAT. If you work full time and have a family, give yourself 5 to 6 months, study in a regular block instead of marathons, and aim above your target schools' medians. Law schools only count your highest score.

At 35, 42, or 51, you'll be that age anyway. The question is whether you'll be a lawyer when you get there.

0:00 Am I too old for law school?
6:33 Your law school application at 30, 40, 50
12:13 The LSAT is the real barrier
16:38 An LSAT study plan for working adults
22:38 Law school as an older student
25:03 Who should go to law school

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00:00 The Duke letter
01:23 What a findings letter is
02:35 Duke's own paperwork
04:20 The medians
05:03 The model
05:35 Duke's answer
06:29 Berkeley
07:55 The one-word edit
09:02 William and Mary
10:01 What it means for deans
10:50 The pool grew at the top
11:40 The 25th isn't safe
13:20 What you can move

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I've made a lot of videos on whether law school pays off. This one puts the whole answer in one place, with the numbers.

The answer comes down to what you borrow and what you earn. Three years of tuition at the priciest schools now runs over a quarter of a million dollars, and a full price seat and a full ride at a school ranked 40 or 50 can sit $200,000 or more apart. Starting salaries split in two. A little over half land between $55,000 and $100,000, big firms pay $225,000, and almost nobody sits in between.

The class of 2025 data is in here too. Five schools dropped more than 8 points in one year in graduates landing real legal jobs, Howard included. Read each school's own numbers before you sign anything.

The number that moves both sides is your LSAT score. It decides which schools say yes and how much they pay you to come.

0:00 Two numbers: what you borrow, what you earn
2:39 Borrow: what the degree costs
4:55 Earn: what the degree pays
12:56 School: full price or a full ride
20:35 Data: read the school's own numbers
26:21 Score: the one number that moves both

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"Mini logic games" are the rule-packed must be true questions in LSAT Logical Reasoning. One paragraph, a pile of rules, no argument to judge. You get every line on its own, and the whole thing falls apart the second you try to hold it all at once. I define the term, show the 2 kinds, and walk through 3 practice questions built like the real ones, easy to hard.

Each one catches a different mistake. I name it and give you the fix right where it happens. You also get the 5 chain rules these questions test, plus a 2-night drill with released questions so you can see which mistake is actually yours.

On the 102 released tests we have, these show up about 1 per test, flat since 1991. Honestly, that can't tell you much about today, because a test is years old by the time it's released. Takers on today's test report more, usually 1 or 2 per test.

Chapters
0:00 "I can grasp the sentences separately, but never together"
0:20 What a mini logic game is
0:36 The 2 kinds
1:02 3 ways people miss these
1:29 Question 1 (easy): Radio Keswen
2:33 Mistake 1: working every rule in order
2:46 Fix 1: find the anchor
4:05 How often these show up
5:40 Question 2 (medium): the opera house
7:01 Mistake 3: could be true on a must
7:27 Fix 3: build 1 made-up world
8:23 The 5 chain rules
8:56 Question 3 (hard): Halvern and Odlum
10:17 Mistake 2: stopping 1 link early
10:48 Fix 2: follow the chain to the end
12:02 The 3 mistakes
12:11 Your 2-night drill

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00:00 The band
00:46 It's about medians
02:05 Harvard vs Duke
02:26 The stakes
03:10 The lever
04:32 What to do
05:31 Schools A, B, C

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00:00 Same diploma, 2 outcomes
00:30 The 2 numbers
01:20 What you earn
01:49 The trap tier
02:31 Make the debt real
03:57 The lever
04:16 Marcus
05:22 2 offers
06:33 Do the math

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00:00 The DOJ letter
00:50 What it says
01:57 What happens next
02:50 UCLA's defense
03:22 The timeline
05:42 The 7x model
06:45 The median table
08:04 Every column went up
08:39 The rejected 168s
09:54 The money
10:28 What it means for you

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00:00 The math
00:43 Why you plateau
00:48 Below 165: clusters
01:15 Above 165: noise
02:09 Stop drilling by type
02:40 The reading failure
04:04 The back-third cliff
05:20 Down to 2
06:21 The Socratic Review Method
06:51 Timed vs untimed
08:08 A bigger denominator

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Same 12 calls as my November predictions. New in this version: where the record comes from, the back-test with the dates locked, the counts under every rate, all 30 old experimental passages by name, and the Logical Reasoning list I built and threw out.

The November LSAT runs November 11 to 14. Most of these won't show up, and I say that in the video. If one does, treat that section as scored and read the passage fresh. Logical Reasoning is 2 of your 3 scored sections, so we cover that too.

The numbers (last 4 tests, June to October 2026)
Scored once, last seen 9 to 18 months ago: 24 of 116 came back (about 1 in 5)
Experimental only, last seen 13 to 18 months ago: 6 of 50 (about 1 in 8, small sample)
Scored once, more than 18 months ago: about 8% (about 1 in 12; the August check alone was 5 of 67)
Any passage at random: about 4% (about 1 in 25)
Scored 2 or more times: 12 of 479 (about 1 in 40)
Experimental, 9 to 12 months old: 2 of 137 (almost never)
Back-test, June, August and September 2026: my top 20 caught 10 of 46. A random 20 catches about 3. Newest tests first caught 1.
October, the first test the rule hadn't seen: 3 of 11 firmly matched passages in my top 12. A random 12 gets 0.4.

Chapters
0:00 Why this version shows the work
0:30 The passages I think are due back
2:49 What October changed
4:05 Where the record comes from
6:12 How often the list is right
8:15 Testing the rule
11:21 Most likely
14:26 Old experimental passages
14:52 All 30 experimental passages
15:15 Long shots
15:48 3 long shots, start to finish
17:19 If you tested in September or October
18:16 Logical Reasoning
18:24 LR repeats, and why there's no LR list
22:22 My number 1 call
23:28 If you recognize a passage
25:41 Part 2: What October's test taught us
27:42 Your last few days
29:00 What if none show up?
29:17 Check my work
29:31 The free November drill sets

Sources: past-test history comes from Jon Denning's public recaps and r/LSAT, including Graeme Blake's (LSATHacks) topic threads, plus comments on my videos and socials and my students. The model, the calls, and any mistakes are mine.

Topics are what test takers reported after past tests. I don't have LSAC's test, and nobody does (I hope).

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The November LSAT runs November 11 to 14. This is the full version of my November predictions: the 12 passages I think are due back, how often the pattern's been right, and what the October test changed about how I built the list. Part 2 is what October's test taught us about the test itself: the section orders people got, which of their sections counted, and how LSAC scores different versions.

Most of these won't show up, and I say that in the video. If one does, treat that section as scored and read the passage fresh. There's a second-by-second walk-through of exactly that. Logical Reasoning is 2 of your 3 scored sections, so we cover that too.

Chapters
0:00 The passages I think are due back
2:19 What October changed
3:35 How often the list is right
5:39 Most likely
8:45 Old experimental passages
9:13 Long shots
9:47 If you tested in September or October
10:44 Logical Reasoning
14:47 My number 1 call
15:53 If you recognize a passage
18:06 Part 2: What October's test taught us
20:07 Your last few days
21:25 What if none show up?
21:47 The free November drill sets

Sources: past-test history comes from Jon Denning's recaps and r/LSAT, including Graeme Blake's (LSATHacks) topic threads, plus comments on my videos and socials and my students. The calls are mine.

Topics are what test takers reported after past tests. I don't have LSAC's test, and nobody does (I hope).

I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

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00:00 The numbers just moved
00:58 Median and 25th, defined
01:33 Where it moved
02:02 10 years of 509s
03:43 Why it keeps climbing
04:32 GPA too
05:16 A 165 at 4 schools
06:33 Splitters
06:58 Above the median: money

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The November LSAT runs November 11 to 14. In October, test takers reported whole Reading Comp sections from September running again, and old unscored passages showing up in scored sections.

So I rebuilt the passage record with October in it and scored which passages look due back for November. These are my calls, in 3 tiers, with a free practice passage for every top-tier topic.

Most of these won't show up, and I say that in the video. If one does, treat that section as scored and read the passage fresh. Logical Reasoning is 2 of your 3 scored sections, so we cover that too.

Sources: past-test history comes from Jon Denning's public recaps and r/LSAT, including Graeme Blake's (LSATHacks) topic threads, plus comments on my videos and socials and my students. The calls are mine.

Chapters
0:00 The passages I think are due back
1:56 What October changed
3:13 How often the list is right
4:14 Most likely
5:53 Old tryout passages
6:21 Long shots
6:55 If you tested in September or October
7:31 Logical Reasoning
9:05 My number 1 call
10:12 If you recognize a passage
10:45 Your last few days
11:09 The free November drill sets

Topics are what test takers reported after past tests. I don't have LSAC's unreleased tests.

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00:00 Read for structure
02:02 Signals and characters
04:01 Strategic skimming
07:36 The passage skeleton
10:30 The 5 question types
15:36 3 types of wrong answers
19:59 Timing

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The October 2026 LSAT ran October 7 to 10. I read over 1,000 test-taker reports on r/LSAT, the comments on my YouTube videos and socials, and messages from my students. This is what came out of it: the Reading Comp passages people saw, the section orders they got, and why one Logical Reasoning section felt so hard. Scores come out October 28.

These are test takers' own reports, topics only. I don't have LSAC's test, and nobody does. If you had only one Reading Comp section, this video shows you why you already know it counted.

Thanks to everyone on r/LSAT who posted, and to Graeme Blake (LSATHacks), who puts together the subreddit's topic thread.

0:00 Intro
1:32 Section orders
1:54 What you already know
2:31 The Reading Comp passages
4:57 Logical Reasoning
5:50 When every answer looks wrong
6:31 Why a hard section tells you little
7:32 What to do before October 28

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00:00 Why you blank out
02:31 The one question
05:36 The 3-step process
09:45 The trap answers
14:21 When your brain blanks
16:54 Think like a critic
20:23 How to review

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The Justice Department printed 5 years of Berkeley Law's admitted median LSAT scores by race in a federal findings letter. I go through the numbers, the "check only one" application question, Berkeley's answer, and the word Berkeley Law quietly deleted from its application page. Then why schools under federal pressure lean harder on your LSAT, and how to pull the 509 reports for your schools and find the floor you have to clear.

0:00 Berkeley's medians, made public
0:50 What a letter of findings is
2:00 The median table
4:18 Check only one
4:53 Berkeley's answer
6:24 One deleted word
7:21 Why the numbers matter more now
9:56 The 25th percentile is rising
10:21 What to do
11:12 What you control

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Law schools just released their numbers for the class that started this fall, and LSAT medians went up again. Of the first 107 schools to post, 84 raised their median and only 3 lowered it. I pulled 10 years of ABA 509 reports to show how far it's gone: at Villanova, this year's bottom quarter scored 5 points above the 2015 median.

My answer is to fight fire with fire. I walk through what 3 LSAT points do to a real school list, how much your school's median changes your odds at the top jobs (69% vs 17%), and the roughly $75,000 scholarship gap inside a single school.

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September LSAT scores came out today, and November registration closes tomorrow, October 1st. If your score stings, this video walks you through the one question that tells you whether to retake in November (6 weeks away) or January (15 weeks away).

I cover how law schools treat multiple scores, what the average retaker gains, the Score Preview timing problem, and what it costs to switch dates after tomorrow.

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September 2026 LSAT scores are out, and a lot of people are asking whether LSAC messed up their score. LSAC's own numbers say more than 150 score audits last testing year found zero scoring errors. The bigger problem is the clock: November registration closes Thursday, October 1st, the day after scores, and November is the last LSAT of 2026.

I go through what to do before Thursday night: the writing-sample hold that can delay your score, audit vs complaint vs Score Preview, a 10-minute keep-or-retake rule, what a second score and a cancel actually cost, and the 509 number that tells you whether a retake is worth your fall.

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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

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On September 23, a federal panel votes on the ABA's power over law schools. This week, the University of Austin and the Federalist Society announced a law program that will never seek ABA accreditation. The panel weighs the Education Department staff's recommendation to stop recognizing the ABA as a law school accreditor. Texas and Florida already cut the ABA out of their bar rules this year.

Here's what actually changes for you, which law schools are exposed, what California's decades of non-ABA law schools show about bar passage, and the LSAT rule Texas kept when it dropped the ABA.

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On August 6th, 2026, the Justice Department told Duke Law that the median LSAT of the white and Asian applicants it rejected was higher than the median of the Black applicants it admitted. 34 days later it sent Berkeley Law a letter like it. In between, it opened a review of William and Mary's law school scholarships. I read the letters, the internal Duke emails they quote, and each school's answer, which I give you in full.

Whoever wins, these letters change what admissions committees lean on this cycle, in a year with more high scorers applying than last year's. The Duke letter also contains a number law schools never publish, the median LSAT of applicants they rejected. Put it next to Duke's own 509 and it changes what "in range" means for your schools.

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September 2026 LSAT scores come out September 30th, and November registration closes October 1st.

We went through about 1,000+ reports from test takers and checked what we could against LSAC. Plus, the Iran sanctions account locks, noise and interface problems at Prometric centers, the intermission rule that got one test canceled, and why double Reading Comp took over the week.

Then the part that decides your cycle: the Score Preview deadline, what can hold up your score, what a cancel actually costs, and a simple keep-or-retake rule to set before your score posts.

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If you came looking for an October 2026 LSAT crystal ball, here's the problem. LSAC has spent 2026 making the test harder to predict. Reading Comp sections can now skip the comparative passage entirely, and almost everyone tests in person at Prometric after LSAC's fight with cheating.

In this video I walk through the October LSAT predictions you can actually count on: the dates LSAC already put in writing and the new test interface, plus the one thing I'd bet happens to almost everyone on test day and how to train for it.

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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson:
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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson:
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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson:
https://unpluggedprep.com/start

📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching:
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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson:
https://unpluggedprep.com/start

📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching:
https://lsatunplugged.com

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet

I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson:
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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

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I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson:
https://unpluggedprep.com/start

📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching:
https://lsatunplugged.com

Download your free LSAT cheat sheet here: https://unpluggedprep.com/cheatsheet

I scored a 152 my first LSAT. Got to a 175. I've been teaching this test since 2005.

If you're prelaw, applying now, or stuck, you're in the right place.

🎯 Free LSAT tutoring lesson:
https://unpluggedprep.com/start

📚 LSAT Unplugged courses and coaching:
https://lsatunplugged.com